Our Community Impact
Our roots in the community run deep with Club and Council contributions.
Community Service Projects:
- Arbor Day Trees for 3rd Graders at Otsego & Plainwell Schools for over 50 years and educational resources
- Biennial hosting of a KGC/NGC Flower Show
- College Botany Student Scholarships
- Collection point for recycling drives, Christmas donations, and donations for Veterans
- Educational classes, workshops and programs
- Garden Walk Tours
- Louise Adams Civic Beautification Awards
- MGC Hazel Wirick Scholarship
- Meiland Square Memory Care monthly garden therapy flower arranging
- Monetary donations to environmental organizations, educational causes and food banks
- Plainwell Library produce garden for local food bank
- Youth Gardening Awards
Gardens and Plantings Projects:
- Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Gold Star Memorial and Garden
- Area pollinator gardens
- Grace Valley Assisted Living Center
- Hope Woods
- Hospital Hospitality House gardens
- Kalamazoo in Bloom plantings in Bronson Park
- Kalamazoo Nature Center
- Kalamazoo Northside Neighborhood sign beautification
- Kairos Dwelling container plantings
- KGC Council House Club Gardens
- Meadowbrook Nursing Home
- Nature Center Day Camp
- Plainwell and Otsego Blue Star Memorials and gardens
- Richland Library
- Riverside Cemetery
- Portage Library Blue Star Memorial
- Veterans Memorial at Riverside Cemetery with both Blue Star and Gold Star Memorials
- U.S. Tennis Association National Tournament at Kalamazoo College: annual container planting and maintenance
- And much more!
Your gardening experience – whether novice or seasoned professional – would make any of these projects easier. We are proud of the contributions we make to the beauty of our community. We know trees, shrubs, and flowers all create greater harmony and a nicer community to live in.
